Display stand



Oct. 16, 1951 Filed Sept. 50, 1948 B. SLANHOFF 2,571,301

DISPLAY STAND '5 Sheets-Sheet l 0 16 32 INVENTOR.

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DISPLAY STAND Filed Sept. 50, 1948 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 A TTOAMEX Patented Oct. 16, 1951 DISPLAY STAND Bertram Slanhoff, New York, N. Y., assignor to Corro-Lith Corporation, Long Island City, N. .Y., a corporation of New York Application September 30, 1948, Serial No. 52,109

2 Claims. (01. 211-137) My invention is an improvement in supporting structures such as display stands for articles of various kinds; and particularly a display stand for exhibiting goods, wares and merchandise.

An important object of this invention is to provide a display stand that can be made of cardboard or other sheet material, cut and scored so that it can be bent and otherwise shaped to give it the desired form, and having surfaces presented to the front of the stand for receiving the goods, and interior space accessible from the rear for the storage of an additional supply to be drawn upon forreplacement of the articles on the front of the stand as the latter are sold and removed.

A further object is to provide a stand having an inner and an outer framework with supporting surfaces carried by the inner framework and neatly enclosed by the outer framework of the stand.

Another object is to'provide a display stand of strong construction, made of parts that are securely joined together, and capable of being collapsed or flattened when not in use.

These and other objects and advantages are fully described herein-after and the novel features are defined in the appended claims. But this disclosure is by way of example only; and changes may be made in many details without deviation from the general design in which the invention resides.

On the drawings.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the complete stand.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal vertical section on line 2-2 of Figure l.

Figure 3 is a planview of a piece of sheet material to serve as the casing or outer framework of the stand.

Figure 4 shows said casing or framework when fully shaped.

Figure 5 shows another piece of material adapted to serve as shelves .for th stand.

Figure 6 is a plan view of a sheet of material for the inside framework of the stand.

Figure '7 shows said inside piece with all parts set-up, the. view being in perspective, seen from the front.

Figure 8 is a similar View of the same piece seen from the rear.

To give th material form an enable it to be bent to make the outer framework or casing, a sheet I of cardboard, for example, having-the required outline, as shown in Figure 3, is scored along transverse parallel lines 2 to mark off a central section 3 for the front of the stand. The

remainder of the sheet I serves chiefly as side parts 4 that are higher than the central section 3. To this front 3 is joined a member 5; attached to the front 3 by securing together a hinged flap 6 at the upper edge of the front, and a, similar flap 1 on the adjacent end of the member 5. Said member 5 comprises shelf sections 8, upright riser sections 9 and a top terminal display panel I0.

Between the sides 4 are a pair of members II, secured to the sides 4 at the rear and extending forward but not as far as the front 3. These members are the side parts of the inside structure or framework made of a piece of sheet material I2. See Figure 6. They have vertical score lines I3 near the rear ends, dividing off strips I4 that are bent outward towards the sides 4. The latter have strips I5 marked off by vertical score lines I6 and bent over upon the strips I4 and secured thereto by staples II, glue or other fastening means thereof. The constituent parts and locations for the inside and outside framework are all indicated on Figures 3 and 6. The strips I4 of the members II terminate short of the upper and lower edges thereof; and the sheet I2 is cut along short lines at right angles from one end of each line I3 to mark out flaps or projections I8, which when the stand is fully formed, are at the lower ends of the members II. At the opposite ends of the score lines I3 the sheet I2 is shaped to have two flaps I9 extending towards each other, but with their opposing ends spaced apart. The outer edges of the flaps I9 are the adjacent edges of the sheet I2; but theinner edges begin at the lines I3 and are out free from the narrow upper ends of the members I2. When the sheet I2 is bent and set up the flaps I8 and I9 will be in the plane of the strips I4. The ends of the fiaps I8 and of the flaps I9 then overlap and are the flaps of each pair and are made fast by staples I I at the back of the stand. The members I I are united at the front edges by a wall 28. This wall can be integral with the members II and joined thereto along vertical score lines similar to the lines 2. The members I I, wall 2!], strips I4 and flaps I8 and I9 are thus all madein one piece. Adjacent the score lines 2 the sheet I2 is out along lines 2I to provide tabs 22.

The members I I increase in height toward the rear of the stand, and their sloping upper edges have recesses with edges23 upon which the shelf sections 8 are laid and edges for the riser sections 9.

The flaps 6 and I are attached respectively to 3 the section 3 and member 5 along hinged score lines 25 and are stapled together. The rear edges of the shelf sections 8 have similar flaps 26 turned down and stapled to the lower edges of the sections 9. At the inner ends of the edges 23 on the members II are notches 21 into which the flaps 26 and lower edges of the sections 9 are fitted and firmly held. The ends of the lower section 8 have hinged flaps 28 that engage the inner faces of the sides 4 of the outer framework. The sections 8 and 9 are long enough to to bridge the members I I and extend to the sides 4; and the flaps 28 are turned up as indicated 7 in Figure 2, to press against the sides 4. The flaps 28 thus held to brace and stiffen the stand. As many shelves 8 as desired may have the end flaps 28.

The front wall of the inner framework has a flap 29 secured to its upper edge along a score line similar to the line of the flap 1. This flap 29 is equal in width to the sections 8 and 9, and has a strip 30 attached along a similar score line 25 to its outer end. This flap 29 is turned over to lie upon the lower edges 23 of the members ll under the lower shelf section 8 and the strip 30 is turned down into the notches 21 at the rear of said edges. The strip has notches 3| matching the notches 21, and receiving the inner ends of the latter. Similar notches 3| are cut in the lower edges of the sections 9 and strips 26.

At the bottom the sheet I has flanges 32 secured along hinge score lines 25 to be turned inward and serve as feet for the outer framework of the stand. The upper parts of the sides 4 have extensions 33 attached along hinge score lines 34 that are inclined upward and rearward. These extensions are turned down upon the inner faces of the sides 4 and stapled in place. At

the tops of the sides are projections 35 secured along hinge score lines 38, and also turned down over the extensions 33, and secured by staples I1 or gluing. At the base of the projections 36 are notches 31, in line with the score lines l3 to receive shoulders 38 on the panel I8 and hold the panel upright.

When the inner framework is shaped, the tabs 22 are turned outward to abut the sides 4. centering the inner framework; and further bracing the stand. They leave openings 39. openings left by the lower flaps l8 in the members II are indicated at 40.

The inside of the stand contains much space for storage, enclosed by the inner framework and open at the rear between the superposed strips I4 and 15.

The flap 29 can of course be omitted; and the members II can be designed to support a larger or smaller number of shelf sections 8.

The stand can be collapsed by disengaging the shelves, riser sections and panel and folding the parts flat by bending the material along the score lines 2 at one side and I3 and I5 at the opposite side, before the flaps l8 and I9 are made fast or when they have been disjoined. The panel l0 projects upward at the rear and the front face is adapted to receive suitable advertising.

The braces or feet 32 can be turned either outward or inward as shown, and of course glue or other fastening means can be employed instead of the staples I1. Further the inner framework and the outer framework can each be made in several pieces instead of one piece; and in fact Theboth the inner and outer framework can be made integral or in one piece with each other, if desired.

Having described my invention, what I believe to be new is:

1. A display stand comprising an outer frame- ,work having a front and sides, the rear edge portions of the sides being turned over inward, the sides being higher along said edges, an inner framework within the outer framework having a front and sides spaced from the front and sides respectively of the outer framework, the inner framework having out-turned side flanges at the rear secured to the flat faces of the turnedin edge portions of the outer framework, said side flanges of the inner framework having laterally extending flaps which are at the top and bottom and are aflixed to each other across the outside of the outer framework at the rear thereof, the sides of the inner framework extending towards the front of the outer framework and having cut out flaps in the plane of the front of the inner framework which make contact with both sides of the outer framework, the sides of the inner framework also having supporting edges and substantially upright edges and members bent to make contact with said supporting edges and said upright edges and provide shelves mounted upon the inner framework, the shelves having hinged flaps at their ends engaging the sides of the outer framework.

2. A display stand comprising an outer framework having a front and sides, the rear edge portions of the sides being turned over inward, the sides being higher along said edges, an inner framework within the outer framework having a front and sides spaced from the front and sides respectively of the outer framework, the inner framework having outtu'rned side flanges at the rear secured to the fiat faces of the turned-in edge portions of the outer framework, said side flanges of the inner framework having laterally extending flaps which are at the top and bottom and are affixed to each other across the outside of the outer framework at the rear thereof, the

sides of the inner framework extending towards the front of the outer framework and having cut out flaps in the plane of the front of the inner framework which make contact with both sides of the outer framework, the sides of the inner framework also having supporting edges and substantially upright edges and members bent to make contact with said supporting edges and said upright edges and provide shelves mounted upon the inner framework.

. BERTRAM SLANHOFF.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 861,935 Barnea July 30, 1907 1,497,456 List June 10, 1924 1,886,532 Davidson Nov. 8, 1932 1,925,673 Potter Sept. 5, 1933 1,947,195 Flynn Feb. 13, 1934 2,298,427 Slanhoff Oct. '13, 1942 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 394,878 Great Britain July 6, 1933 

